jim ansell is the editor of the bay news foundation. the american spectator has also appeared on line and the american conservative online and more. his writing has been praised by andrew sullivan and lew rockwell. he is an expert from escaping from burning metroparks. ladies and gentlemen. >> we have been having this discussion, jim, if you like to jump in on the tax rates or whatever else comes to mind as we are just jumping into this. >> i think my experience getting your alter the composition of the panel. i have the become a radical or anarchist and as a result of this., i don't think it can be a more disorderly process than what already exists. i thank you all for your patience. i am sure you are entertained and edified by my colleagues here in my absence while i am pouring my way through the streets of washington dc. i was going to summarize conservatism from my perspective a lot of competing definitions of conservatism that are out there. but i always start with george w. bush's 2000 campaign promise of a humble foreign policy.